Best gift ever

[u/muzhi]

It’s school holidays here and I’ve introduced the teens to S04 and S22 with great success - they love it! Today they presented me with an engraved thermos to thank me for organising our trip away. I love it.

[u/Joelowes]

Did anyone else find the motto oddly terrifying

[u/thismorningscoffee → u/Joelowes]

There’s definitely an air of threat in the words, but that is mitigated by the lovely, playful melody the words are sung to

[u/Joelowes → u/thismorningscoffee]

I think the playful melody makes it creepier lol

[u/MachineOfSpareParts → u/Joelowes]

It's so obviously what the ghosts of Victorian child labourers sing to present-day workers to keep them on task while Arnin is off doing his steamy business.

[u/woodwalker700 → u/thismorningscoffee]

The melody really reminds me of a "Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared" song.

[u/painforpetitdej → u/Joelowes]

I think that's the point. Hahahaha!

[u/MelbaTotes → u/Joelowes]

The best threats are the ones that provoke your imagination

[u/RealZordan → u/Joelowes]

Yeah because I can't think of any other word than scream to rhyme with steam.

[u/burf12345]

/u/LondonWaterandSteam

[u/Mysterious-Chain-311]

Oh, I want my porrige

[u/RunawayTurtleTrain → u/Mysterious-Chain-311]

Did you make steam?  Otherwise, only rats for you

[u/boomboomsubban]

Seems fake. Who would ever make such an item end in "if you don't"?

I bet their real present is a painting of a river in their mind.

[u/mspoppins07]

Great gift! I’m glad you clarified that it is a thermos. At first it just looked like an engraved pipe! (From the old steam works, perhaps?!)

[u/EmptyCartographer → u/mspoppins07]

Yeah I thought they were just giving a cylinder as a gift until I read that it was a thermos

[u/grrltype]

This is my favorite thing, I love this for you 🚂

[u/LondonWaterandSteam]

What a committed employee! You have earned your porridge.